The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-03

THE FARMERS CONVENTION.
A Condensed Account of their G lathe ering
at Raleigh.
Special Correspondence Of the Seatinel.

Special Correspondence Of the .Sentinel.
RALEIGH, Jan 2S.-Over two hun
dred farmers assembled in the Farm
ers' Mass Convention in Metropolitan
Hall at noon yesterday. Col. Polk, of
Winston, called the meeting to order.
Ex-Gov. Jarvis was invited into the
convention and made short speech.
Mr.. McIver, of Orange, introduced
a resolution which was adopted, to ap-
point committees of five each, on the
following subjects:
Homestead, mortgage and lien law;
on commercial fertilizers on consti-
tuition and bylaws and declaration of
principles on the State department
of agricultural ON industrial educa-
ton on public roads; on emmigra-
ton, to which all resolutions of that
nature DO referred without debate; on
other propositions and resolutions ON
stock and laws.
Resolutions were introduced as fol-
lows To regulate warehouse charges
on tobacco :; to work public roads by
taxation, offered by Mr.. Graves, of
Surry to demand Of the legislature
reduction of all public salaries, fees
and appropriations to one-half the
present amounts; to appoint commit
tee of three or five good men to take
charge of the Governors mansion and
let it out to be finished by the lowest
bidder, and each of the committee to
receive ten dollars, and that amount
only when said mansion be completed,
hot hn I'm rth or.
appropriations made tor the State Uni
versity, by H. N. Parker, of Wake !;
that temperance, hard work and econ
omy will benefit the farmer more than
legislation, by Frank d. Winston, of
BERTHE: that the tax of $500 on each
| brand of commercial fertilizer be abol-
ished and ton tax be imposed; that
the farmers of Forsyth favor working
convicts on public roads, by Mr.. Reich
Forsyth, that the tax to be imposed
by this session of the General Assem-
bly, do not exceed twenty cents on the
| 500 worth of property, by McAllister
! of Cabarrns that convicts be used to
mine the phosphate rock and make
fertilizers out of it, by r. L. Steele
that permanent committee of nine
be appointed to determine where and
on what terms agriculturists can Dor.
row money at lowest interes on good
security to encourage immigration
by Mr.. Atkinson, of Buncombe; te
urge farmers to make less cotton anC
tobacco and more grain and grass, by
Mr.. LeGrand; to protect sheep, by
Mr.. Lindsay !; Ito reduce expense il
the State departments and penitenti
ary and appropriate the savings to in
dustrial and agricultural schools to
levy a tax of one dollar on every dog
for the benefit of sheep growers ano
the free schools; to abandon CONNER
cial fertilizers to establish agricultur
al clubs, by Mr.. Burgwyn to urge
the General Assembly to repeal the
present homestead and lien laws.
Col. Folks paper, the P'ogressip,
Farmer, was made the official organ
of the convention. A message was re
ceived from the Knights of Labor
DIR. Dabney of the State Agricultural
Department was called upon and re
sponded In appropriate remarks.
On. "Wednesday night they passed /
resolution asking the General Assem-
bly, to turn over to the farmers th,
S125,000 of land script now in tn,
: hands of the University, and bearing
81, 800 interest year, to the main
tainance of an agricultural and mech
anical school, and on Thursday the,
received the report OF their committe
on the State department of agricultur
al, which looks practically to the elm
ination of all that department excep
in paying a secretary and the chem
lists department.. But the establish
ment of an industrial school combin
ing agriculture and mechanics, ant
the notifications sought in the de
!, partment of agriculture are subject
dependent upon legislative action.
The convention chose the name G
the North Carolina Farmers Associ
alton. 1t will hold its annual session
in Raleigh each year when the Genel
al Assembly meets.
Mr.. Elias Carr, of Edgecombe, wa
chosen president, with nine vice-presi
dents, from the various Congressional
districts as follows : Ist, Willis +
: Williams, of Pitt; End Capt. w. A
: Darden, of Greene 3rd G. 4. Frenc
of Pender; 4th, Col. W. F. Green, c
: Franklin 9TH, H. E Fries, {
: Forsyth; 9Th. J. S. Reid, eff Mecklen
burg; 7th, w. H. Hobson, of Davie
9Th, Burwell Blanton; 9th, W. IL. No
Clure, of Clay. Secretary, B. F. Hes
ter, of Granville; assistant secretarie:
S. Otho Wilson, of Wake, and G. No
Donald, of Cabarrus. Treasurer, W
E. Benbow, of Guiltord. Executiv
committee, Dr. D. r. Parker, of Ran
dolph Prof. A. NJ. McIver, of Orang
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